The men’s soccer team couldn’t wait for its first win of the year last Friday night against the Griffins of Chestnut Hill College at a packed David See Field. The raiders (1-0) were down 0-1 after the first thirty minutes after a goal from Juan Amaya. Chestnut Hill (0-1) looked like they were on their way to a huge victory to start the season, but raider nation wasn’t ready to give up.
Shippensburg came back to tie the game with a big goal from Junior Brooke Moyer with 16 seconds left in regulation, forcing the game to go into overtime. “It felt awesome,” said Moyer. “I never had a goal like that before in my whole career. To get a goal on opening night is definitely an awesome feeling.”
During the first overtime period, it was nothing but great defense from both teams until the two minutes when the Men’s soccer celebrates after wild win graduate student Renaldo Garcia scored the golden goal to give the raiders their first win of the season. “Words can not describe it,” said Garcia. “When you see the ball hit the back of the net, you just lose it and go crazy.”
Head coach Jeremy Spering was full of excitement along with his team. “Renaldo is a great addition to the team,” said Spering. “I was very happy for him and the team battled hard, so it was a well-deserved win.” Shippensburg men’s soccer returns home on September 24 to battle against California (PA) at 4:00 p.m.
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